Hansen disease among micronesian and marshallese persons living in the United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1202-1208

  Woodall, Patricia ^a   Scollard, D David ^b   Rajan, Latha ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MARSHALLESE; MICRONESIAN; MIGRATION; NEUROPATHY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICRONESIA; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PREVALENCE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959915149     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.102036     Document Type: Article

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